Car replacer



A. N. LYBERGERL CAR BEPLACER APPLICATION FILED 1ULYI9, l921'- Pa'oenwd June 6,' 1922.

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CAR REPLAGER.

I Application filed July 19,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT N. LYBERGER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and S tate of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Car Replacer, of which the following is a spec1- fication. 7 r I This invention relates tocar replacers, and is designed as an improvement upon the. structure shown in my Patent No. 1,294,926, dated Feb. 18, 1919. a

The object is to provide-means for placing derailed cars, etc., upon railway tracks, such means consisting of a pair of simllarly constructed metallic members capable of being easily carried to any position along the track where needed, and of being readily placed in position with relation to the wheels of the derailed car and the rails of the track, to elevate the said wheelsand force the same over and onto the tread of the rail, when power is applied to the car to draw the same forward. f

Another object is to provide a pair of such members,'each formed of a stout hollow casting of suitable metal, reinforced on the interior thereof by strengthening ribs, and having means for engaging with the adweight to whichthe members are subjected will be imparted tothe said rail the-moment the car wheel begins to ride upwardly along thev member'in a longitudinal direction.

A. further object is to provide a pair of car replacing members to be used, one between the rails and against theinner face of one rail and the other against the 'corre sponding outer face of the other rail, the said members having means for locking them to the rails, said locking means being adjustable to adapt the members to rails of different sizes and dimensions, and having further means for entering between the ties of the track to prevent any material longitudinal movement of the replacersalong the track when the wheel is being dragged up and along the same, in the event the locking means might slip.

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification; it being understood that while the drawings show a practical form of the in- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 1 1921. Serial No. 485,866.

. 'vention, the latter is not tobe confined j to strict conformity therewith, but may -be changed or modified, so long, as suchchanges or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the appended claims. y. 1

In the drawings, in which similar refer-. ence characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures- Fig. l'is a plan view of a portion of a railway-track and showing, in full lines,'the position of the replacing members located at the righthand side of their respective rails and, in dotted lines, the positions of the members when located at the lefthandside. of the rails; 1 I Fig. 2 is an end'view of the'same, the rails being in section and the lpositions ofthe members being illustrated in a similar manner; v v 7 Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the outside replacer, or that member used on the outside of either rail and showing. its relation to the adjacent rail, the. scale being somewhat enlarged; V

Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the same member. 'C

Fig. 5 is a further-enlarged transverse section, through the inside replacer and the adjacent rail and takensubstantially on the line 5-5 of Figure Fig. 6 is a similar view of the outside" member, taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure l and drawn on the same scale as Figure 5. The car replacing members of the present invention consist of an inner member l and an outer member 2. Ordinarily derailed cars lie ina position with-the wheels atone side resting upon the ties adjacent to the inner side of one of the rails ortherail upon which said wheels formerly rested.

For the purpose of replacingthese wheels upon the track, the member known as the Inside member is used. Necessarily the opposite wheels of the car assume a corresponding relation to its proper rail though cast into an elongated member adapted to lie along the rails of the track, and each having a transversely disposed locking device adapted to engage the adjacent rail and having a wedging means for drawing the look ing device tight to rigidly hold the replacing members against the rails and impart the weight of the shifting car to the latter.

The inside member 1 has an elongated body portion with a gradually upwardly inclined track surface or platform extending from each end and having its greatest height at the central point thereof, the apex being indicated at 3 and the top surface gradually increased in width towards each end 4:, which end is rounded and lies substantially flush with the top surface of the ties 5, so that when the derailed wheel is drawn for wardly, as through the medium of a locomotive, the flange 6 of the wheel 7 (see Fig.

-5) will readily mount upon the member 1 and rise to the apex 3 thereof. 7

Thetop face of the member 1 is provided with an upstanding deflecting guard flange 8 formed integrally therewith and starting at each end 4 at the corner remote from the rail 9, and extending entirely along the memher, the latter being somewhat narrower at the center than at the ends, as clearly shown in' Figure 1, wherethe said flange 8 is formed into a curved deflector 10 extending toward the said rail 9, and which is adapted to come into contact with the rising and forwardly moving flange 6 of the wheel 7 and to force the same over and toward thesaid rail. The apex 3 has a drop or fall 11 extending longitudinally of the member 1 and alongside the ball or head of the rail 9 and located considerably below the top surface of the same, so that the tread of the wheel may come to a rest upon the rail, while the flange 6 rides along in the longitudinally extending channel provided by the drop or fall 11.

The bottom of each end 4 of the member 1 is cut away or inclined adjacent to the rail, as indicated at 12,so that the major portion of the member rests upon the ties 5 and the inside base flange of the rail 9 projects beneath the cut-away portion 12 and receives the weight of the overlapping edge of said member in order to transmit the weight of the car to the flange of the rail, as will be readily understood upon reference to Figures 5 and 6 and thus prevent mutilating the ties and providing for continuously supporting the said member throughout its length. i

The inner or rear wall 13 of the member 1 is adapted to rest directly upon the ties, and the outwardly-flaring end portions are each provided with a base flange 14 extending laterally and provided with a series of notches 15 for the reception of spikes which, when desired to reinforce the locking means about to be described, may be driven into a longitudinally disposed web '18 as shown 7 r in Figure 4:. V

The vertically disposed inner or rearfwall 13 is provided, at a central point with an aperture 19 located at a point opposite the upper portion of the rail 9 for the passage of a transversely disposed locking bar 20, having an intermediate drop 21, and an extension 22 lying immediately beneath the base flange of the rail 9 and terminating in a hook 23, adapted to engage with the outer flange of the rail and prevent any inward movement of the locking bar.

The upper, inner portion of the bar 20 where passing through the aperture 19, is provided with a vertical passageway 24 adjacent to the end thereof and crossing the inner face of the vertical wall 13 of the member 1. A tapered wedge or key 25 is located in the passageway 24, and has its front edge vertically disposed to bear against the inner face of the wall 13, and its rear edge inclined upwardly to bear against the adjacent end of the passageway, the smaller end of the said key being at the bottom, and provided with a transverse pin 26 to prevent its'withdrawal from the passageway 19, the upper end of the wedge having an overhanging lip 27 to prevent the wedge from becoming disengaged with the bar 20 when the device is not'in use.

By driving the wedge downwardly, after the member 1 has been properly located against the side of the rail,the locking bar locked against the rail 9 and, if desired,

the aforesaid spikes (not shown) may be applied to the notches 15 and driven into the ties 5 in the event of breakage to the locking bar.

The member 1 is further provided with additional means for reventing any longitudinal movement of t e same,zin the shape of a pair of depending lugs 28 formed integrally with the rear wall 13 of the member and extending downwardly between the two adjacent ties 5 and, should the locking mem her or bar 20 fail to prevent the longitudinal movement of the member 1, one or the other of said lugs 28 will contact with the side of the tie and effectually prevent any ture as the member 1 and the same reference characters, in so far as they apply, have been used thereon, the locking means, method of attachment, strengthening ribs or webs, etc. being precisely alike in each case, the only difference residing in the shape and contour of the upper surface of the member 2. In this member, the curved deflector 10 of the flange 8 is omitted, and the latter is extended straight across the highest point or apex -3, as indicated at 8 while the said apex 3 gradually falls toward the adjacent rail 9 where it forms a rounded juncture with the upper end of a vertical wall 3 at a point above the tread of the rail, the said Wall 3 being, in eflect, a continuation of the railbutting wall 16 found in the first described member.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a pair of car replacers has been provided, having all the advantages of the devices of the said Patent No.1294i926, and some additional features in the form of improvements, which experience has proven to be necessary, in order to bring the structure up to a standard of excellence and perfection.

What is claimed is 1. In a car replacer, a pair of members adapted to be placed alongside the inner and outer rails of a railway track, each member comprising an elongated body portion having an upwardly inclined track surface or platform extending from each end to the transverse center thereof, the two inclined surfaces meeting forming an apex, said track surface or platform decreasing in width from each end to the apex, and an upstanding wheel guiding flange extending from the outer corners of each end of the body portion along said platform or surface toward the said apex and joining thereat, said flange forming the outer wall of each platform or track surface, the flange on one of said membershaving at the center an inwardly curved deflector which extends towards the adjacent rail, and the apex of the same member which inclines downwardly toward the rail having a longitudinal drop or fall extending alongside and below the ball or head of the rail, said drop or fall proone member being adj acent to the inner side of one of the rails and the other member adjacent to the outer side of the other rail, and each resting upon the ties and having inclined portions on their bottom edges to receive the adjacent rail flange beneath the same and to rest thereon along that side adjacent to the rail, and a transverse locking bar slidably mounted in each member and having one end passing beneath the rail and terminating in a hook to engage the op-- posite base flange thereof, said bar having an intermediate drop, the other end of the bar being elevated where passing through the wall of the member and having a vertical slot therein, and .a vertically sliding wedge or key adapted, when driven down, to draw the bar laterally and bind said hook around said rail flange and lock the respective member to the rail.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

ALBERT N. LYBERGER. 

